User:Ghanieling

During my primary or elementary schooling years (1962-1966) the term Darjah (Standard) was used. A student could not be promoted to higher class unless he/she passed the last examination for the current year. I had a friend who attended Standard 1 for two years. He then attended Standard 2 for over three years because he did not pass the class's annual final exam. In the end he gave up and joined his father as a fisherman with Standard 1 qualification (He did not pass the standard 2 final exams). Today a student will be promoted to a higher class even though he did not pass the final exams. In other words our lucky fellow would be in Standard 6 even though his academic ability was equivalent to Standard 2 as he could not read or write properly. So our creative educationists use the term Year 1 to Year 6 in the primary schools instead of Standard 1 to Standard 6. These educationists based their decisions on the premise that some students did badly in the primary school but shown a tremendous improvement and passed their secondary schooling exams with flying colours.